Professor Charles Norman MacLeod

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Personal statement

Charles MacLeod is a Professor in the Centre for Ultrasonic Engineering. 

He is the Babcock International Group / Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Sensor-Driven Automated Welding.

He is director of the Sensor Enabled Automation & Robotics Control Hub (SEARCH), a £24M research innovation and technology transfer laboratory. Aligned to this, he is Course Director of the Autonomous Robotic Intelligent Systems (ARIS) MSc.

His research is primarily associated with the inspection and manufacturing enhancement of high-value assets and components, where he leads a number of high-profile inter-disciplinary in-process welding and metal additive research projects.

He has driven and co-developed core robotic and ultrasonic technology from fundamental EPSRC research, which is now being licensed by a leading industrial organisation and co-developed an innovative inspection robot for a critical life-extension inspection at Sellafield Reprocessing Facility.

He is the PI and designer of the Engaging Robotic Interactive Cell (ERIC) STEM Outreach cell. 

His research interests include:

Non-Destructive Evaluation

In-Process Inspection of Fusion Welding & Metal Additive Components

Sensors including Ultrasonic, Electromagnetic, Tactile and Visual

Automation & Robotics 

Automated Manufacturing & Welding

Teaching Activities.

Course Director: Autonomous Robotic Intelligent Systems (ARIS) MSc.

Module Registrar: EE987 Sensors & Instrumentation

Lecturer: EE312 Instrumentation and Microcontrollers 

Prizes and awards

Babcock International Group / Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Sensor Driven Automated High-Integrity Welding
Recipient
1/3/2022
The Engineer - Collaborate to Innovate Finalist AWESIM
Recipient
1/3/2022
The BINDT Annual Conference Award
Recipient
5/9/2019
University of Strathclyde Faculty of Engineering Knowledge Exchange Award (2016)
Recipient
1/8/2016
Knowledge Exchange Award
Recipient
2016
University of Strathclyde EPSRC Doctoral Prize 2014/2015
Recipient
1/1/2015

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Publications

Robotic positioning for quality assurance of feature-sparse components using a depth-sensing camera
Gilmour Adam, Jackson William, Zhang Dayi, Dobie Gordon, MacLeod Charles N, Karkera Benjamin, Barber Thomas
IEEE Sensors Journal (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2023.3258899
Dual-tandem phased array method for imaging of near-vertical defects in narrow-gap welds
Nicolson Ewan, Mohseni Ehsan, Sumana Sumana, Lines David, Pierce Gareth, MacLeod Charles N
ANRC Nuclear Showcase (2023)
Thermal compensation of ultrasonic transmit and receive data for steel welded plates at the point of manufacture
Foster Euan A, Sweeney Nina E, Nicolson Ewan, Singh Jonathan, Rizwan Muhammad K, Lines David, Pierce Gareth, Mohseni Ehsan, Gachagan Anthony, Tant Katherine MM, MacLeod Charles N
NDT and E International Vol 137 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2023.102812
Fibre volume fraction screening of pultruded carbon fibre reinforced polymer panels based on analysis of anisotropic ultrasonic sound velocity
Duernberger Euan, MacLeod Charles Norman, Lines Dave
Composites Part B: Engineering Vol 254 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2023.110577
Dual-tandem phased array method for imaging of near-vertical defects in narrow-gap welds
Nicolson Ewan, Mohseni Ehsan, Sumana , Lines David, Pierce Gareth, MacLeod Charles N
NDT and E International Vol 135 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2023.102808
Calibration-free SH guided wave analysis for screening of wall thickness in steel with varying properties
Trushkevych Oksana, Dixon Steven, Tabatabaeipour Seyed Morteza, Potter Mark, MacLeod Charles Norman, Dobie Gordon, Edwards Rachel
NDT and E International (2023)

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Professional activities

Högskolan Väst Additive Manufacture & Automation Workshop
Participant
30/11/2022
KUKA Strategic Partnership Foundation
Participant
24/11/2022
Developments of in-process NDE techniques for Wire + Arc Additive Manufacture at University of Strathclyde
Contributor
30/10/2022
Sensor Enabled Automation
Contributor
14/9/2022
A novel signal processing technique to remove electrical interference from ultrasonic RF A-scans
Speaker
7/9/2022
Process to part inspection: using hybrid robotics to enable flexible manufacturing NDT
Contributor
6/9/2022

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Projects

Investigating the effect of residual stress on hydrogen cracking in multi-pass robotic welding and additive manufacturing
Javadi, Yashar (Principal Investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Alipooramirabad, Houman (Co-investigator)
The aim of this project is the development of a round-robin Residual Stress (RS) measurement to investigate the effect of the ‎RS on hydrogen cracking. ‎Dr Javadi ‎(PI) is leading the RS area in the Center for Ultrasonic Engineering (CUE) and he has been a Keynote Speaker at ‎the 11th International Conference on Residual Stress (ICRS 11) where he presented his novel idea on RS ‎measurement using the Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT) method [1]. This method will also be used ‎to study the effect of RS on hydrogen cracking. In this Strathclyde-ANSTO collaboration, ANSTO will conduct the Neutron ‎Diffraction (ND) to form the round-robin RS measurement project. ‎

[1] Y. Javadi et al., "Feasibility study of residual stress measurement using phased ‎array ultrasonic ‎method," presented at the 11th International Conference on Residual Stress, Nancy, France, 27-30 ‎March, 2022.‎
21-Jan-2023 - 20-Jan-2023
Automated In-Process Inspection for Welding and Additive Manufacture (RAEng POC)
MacLeod, Charles Norman (Principal Investigator)
09-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2023
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Agnew, William
MacLeod, Charles Norman (Principal Investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Agnew, William (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) ‎- Bridging the Gaps (BTG) – Net Zero / Circular Economy
Javadi, Yashar (Principal Investigator) Lotfian, Saeid (Co-investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator)
In-situ Robotic and Ultrasonic Stress Measurement for Predictive ‎Maintenance of Offshore Wind Bolted Flange Connections
01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023
Ultrasound and Eddy Currents Sensor data Fusion for Welding and Additive manufacturing
Mohseni, Ehsan (Principal Investigator) Javadi, Yashar (Co-investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Wathavana Vithanage, Randika Kosala (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
KTP 13263 - Inspectahire Instrument Co Limited. Development of a portable fluid level measuring device for use in the hazardous zoned area of bonded warehouses to enable owners to monitor cask contents.
Dobie, Gordon (Principal Investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2024

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Address

Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Technology Innovation Centre

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